Meaning & use
Olympiads
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Four-year periods traditionally used for reckoning time in ancient Greece, or international competitions, especially in academic subjects, held periodically.
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Ancient Greek historians dated events by counting olympiads.
She won a gold medal at the International Mathematical Olympiad, one of several olympiads held each year.
A note on using this word
Originally an ancient Greek unit for measuring time between Olympic Games; the modern sense extended to competitive events, especially academic ones like the Math or Chemistry Olympiad.
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